Merging Technologies NADAC Stereo

RAVENNA (which is an open technology standard with no proprietary licencing) focused on providing extremely accurate clocking, high resistance to packet loss and extremely low latency. Thanks to close collaboration with Merging it is now the first and only Layer 3-based IP audio protocol to offer full support for high channel-count DXD and DSD signals. It is also fully AES67-compatible.

ESS Sabre ES9008S Reference D/A converter

connect your NADAC to any music server, player or streamer supporting ASIO on Windows, CoreAudio/DoP on Mac OS X via a CAT5e or CAT6 cable.

built-in web browser means that you can control NADAC remotely from any mobile device

control multiple NADACs remotely from the same mobile device

separate headphone outputs

Connections:

• Ethernet (RAVENNA/AES67) on RJ45 connector. Accepts 44.1kHz – 384kHz PCM, DXD, DSD 64, DSD128, DSD256
• Connects from the computer using standard ASIO on Windows and CoreAudio on Mac
• Allows cable runs up to 100m on a single Cat5e or Cat6 cable, with possible repeaters, hubs or switches
• Asynchronous communication. The NADAC controls the rate at which the digital audio data is sent to the DAC, not the computer or the player
• Ultra-precise communication clocking driven by the DAC…. Precision Time Protocol is at the heart of RAVENNA, ensuring a clock resolution of one nanosecond
• AES/EBU on 3-pin female XLR connector (44.1kHz - 192kHz PCM)
• SPDIF Optical on Toslink connector (44.1kHz - 96kHz PCM)
• SPDIF Coaxial on RCA Phono (44.1kHz - 96kHz PCM)
• Word Clock Input. BNC connector

• Volume adjustment using the front panel rotary control
• Main output and the headphone output levels may be independently adjusted
• Two headphone sockets for connecting any headphones without adapters
• Headphones can listen to any available inputs, or external network sources